[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"festival-about-71057":3},{"festival":4,"years":21,"news":25,"about":26},{"entryId":5,"urlTitle":6,"status":7,"name":8,"originalName":9,"alsoKnownAs":10,"logo":12,"logoAppearance":13,"logoOg":19,"about":20,"isManaged":16},71057,"ariano-international-film-festival","open","Ariano International Film Festival","",[11],"AIFF","https:\u002F\u002Fimg.r.vurchel.com\u002Ffestivals\u002F_th600\u002Fxuijxyc1.png?v=9f0da5b3",{"mode":14,"edge":15,"edgeLight":16,"plateLight":17,"plateDark":18,"crop":15,"og":15},"plate",null,false,"none","light","\u002Fimg\u002F_og\u002F74416.jpg?v=9f0da5b3","Ariano International Film Festival combines an open-theme WORLD competition with dedicated strands for environmental documentaries, short films made in Campania and films created with artificial intelligence. WORLD covers features, documentaries, short films, animation and school shorts; OUTSIDER presents works beyond the competition finalists. The environmental competition has a jury drawn from representatives designated by FAI, WWF and WEEC. Organised by Rai.Co. APS in Ariano Irpino, Italy, the festival extends to participating municipalities and includes screenings, meetings and tributes to figures in cinema and cultural life. Its awards involve professional, press, audience and student juries. The dates for the 14th edition are 27 July–2 August 2026.",[22],{"year":23,"hasAwards":16,"hasSelection":24},"2018",true,[],{"aboutHtml":27,"countries":28,"focus":30,"categories":31,"nextDates":15,"awardsPrizes":37,"rules":38,"website":39,"contacts":40,"editDate":56},"\u003Cp>Ariano International Film Festival combines an open-theme WORLD competition with dedicated strands for environmental documentaries, short films made in Campania and films created with artificial intelligence. WORLD covers features, documentaries, short films, animation and school shorts; OUTSIDER presents works beyond the competition finalists. The environmental competition has a jury drawn from representatives designated by FAI, WWF and WEEC.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Organised by Rai.Co. APS in Ariano Irpino, Italy, the festival extends to participating municipalities and includes screenings, meetings and tributes to figures in cinema and cultural life. Its awards involve professional, press, audience and student juries. The dates for the 14th edition are 27 July–2 August 2026.\u003C\u002Fp>",[29],"Italy",[],[32,33,34,35,36],"Animation","Documentary","Feature","Short","Student","The 2026 WORLD competition awards cash prizes and trophies for Best Feature Film, Best Documentary, Best Short Film, Best Animation and Best School Short Film, with no joint first prizes. The jury may also give special mentions to one or more works in these categories. A jury of journalists awards the Press Award for a feature film; the festival audience chooses an Audience Award across the five categories, and a jury of students from participating schools chooses a Students Award.\n\nGREEN awards Best Environmental Documentary, with a cash prize and no ties, judged by representatives designated by FAI, WWF and WEEC. MADE IN CAMPANIA awards Best Short Film made wholly or partly in Campania, with a cash prize and no ties. A.I. awards Best AI Short Film, with a cash prize and no ties, judged by a panel of cinema, technology and artificial-intelligence experts. Cash amounts are not specified in the published regulations.","Published regulations for the 14th edition, 27 July–2 August 2026, in Ariano Irpino and participating municipalities. The organiser is Rai.Co. APS. The festival supports cinematographic expression, stylistic experimentation, entertainment, scientific communication, animation and exchanges among film professionals, alongside programmes and tributes to artistic, social and cultural figures.\n\nSections: WORLD accepts international features, documentaries, shorts, school shorts and animation on any subject. WORLD entries cannot also enter GREEN, MADE IN CAMPANIA or A.I. GREEN is exclusively for environmental documentaries addressing the subject and its sociocultural implications; these cannot also enter WORLD. MADE IN CAMPANIA is exclusively for shorts made wholly or partly in Campania; these cannot also enter WORLD or A.I. A.I. is exclusively for shorts made wholly or partly using artificial intelligence, through automated processes or generative AI models; entrants must specify the software and methods in the entry form. A.I. entries cannot also enter WORLD or MADE IN CAMPANIA. OUTSIDER screens features, documentaries, shorts and animation outside the finalists that the jury considers worthy of recognition.\n\nEligibility: features must run at least 60 minutes; shorts must run no longer than 30 minutes; documentaries and animation have no running-time limit. Films in languages other than Italian or English require English or Italian subtitles. Works made before 1 January 2023 are ineligible.\n\nSelection and prizes: film and television professionals judge WORLD; a jury with representatives designated by FAI, WWF and WEEC judges GREEN; an organiser-appointed technical jury judges MADE IN CAMPANIA; an organiser-appointed panel with cinema, technology and AI expertise judges A.I. Jury decisions are final. The category first prizes have no ties and are presented during the festival, with the competition awards assigned at the closing ceremony. WORLD also provides special mentions, a journalists' feature-film award, an audience award and a participating-school students' award.\n\nRegistration is through FilmFreeway. Entries open on 11 October 2025. Earlybird deadline: 6 December 2025; regular deadline: 7 February 2026; late deadline: 7 March 2026. Entry fees contribute to administrative expenses. The fees below are standard \u002F FilmFreeway Gold, in euros, in earlybird, regular and late order:\nWORLD features: 12\u002F10, 14\u002F12, 18\u002F15.\nWORLD shorts: 10\u002F8, 12\u002F10, 14\u002F12.\nWORLD documentaries: 10\u002F8, 12\u002F10, 14\u002F12.\nWORLD animation: 10\u002F8, 12\u002F10, 14\u002F12.\nWORLD school shorts: 8\u002F6, 10\u002F8, 12\u002F10.\nGREEN documentaries: 10\u002F8, 12\u002F10, 14\u002F12.\nMADE IN CAMPANIA shorts: 10\u002F8, 12\u002F10, 14\u002F12.\nA.I. shorts: 10\u002F8, 12\u002F10, 14\u002F12.\n\nEach participant may submit one or more works. Selected works are screened during the festival and become part of its archive. Submitted works, whether selected or unselected, are not returned. Winners receive trophies at the awards evening; uncollected prizes may be shipped at the recipient's expense. Entering constitutes unconditional acceptance of the regulations. The rules are published in Italian and English; the Italian text prevails in any interpretative disagreement. The final programme and competition admissions are published on the official website after selection.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.arianofilmfestival.it\u002F",[41,45,49,53],{"type":42,"value":43,"note":44},"Phone","+39 0825 1724310","General festival enquiries",{"type":46,"value":47,"note":48},"Address","Associazione Rai.Co. APS, Corso Europa 43, Ariano Irpino (AV), Italy","Organiser office",{"type":50,"value":51,"note":52},"Website","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.arianofilmfestival.it\u002Fcontatti\u002F","Festival contact form; organiser and support enquiries",{"type":50,"value":54,"note":55},"https:\u002F\u002Ffilmfreeway.com\u002FArianoFilmFestival","Film submissions via FilmFreeway",1792511483]